Max Stern

The next person of importance in this series is Max Stern (1904 – 1987). Although not an artist, Stern occupies the same space as several previous features that focused upon Alan Jarvis and Jack Pollock. Stern was extremely important as an art collector, dealer...

John A. Schweitzer

The next Artist You Need To know is John A. Schweitzer. Schweitzer is a Canadian artist, gallerist and collector who has worked in a variety of media, but is best known for his mixed-media collage where text is a major component. He often worked in thematic series,...

Joe DeAngelis

The next Artist You Need To Know is Joe DeAngelis. DeAngelis is a painter and sculptor, but is best known for his three dimensional works, which are often massive, and alternately have a sense of power and playfulness in his use of large forms but also bright colours...

Alice Crawley

The next Artist You Need To Know is Alice Crawley (1915 – 2011). Crawley was a painter, sculptor and designer of stage sets as well as a founding member of Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catharines. Stephen Remus, Director at NAC, offered the following about...

Scott Sawtell

The next Artist You Need To Know is Scott Sawtell. Sawtell is a Canadian artist, teacher and curator who currently lives and makes his work in Newmarket, Ontario. For more than two decades Sawtell has been a prolific artist, whose work often straddles abstraction and...